MUSTANG SETS RECORD
(N.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND, February 4. A Mustang former wartime fighter this morning cut five minutes off the Dunedin-Auckland airspeed record. Piloted by Mr J. McDonald, of Fairlie, the Mustang took off from Dunedin at 10.12 a.m. and landed at Whenuapai at noon.
The previous record, set by an R.N.Z.A-F. Mosquito in 1950, was one hour 53 minutes. Mr McDonald and Mr R. M. Fechney, a farmer and former war-time pilot, rebuilt the Mustang after buying it for £75 from R.N.Z.A.F. stores in 1958. It is the only Mustang in N?w Zealand to be converted to civilian use. The attempt was sponsored by Mobil Oil (New Zealand), Ltd.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30667, 5 February 1965, Page 3
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